Cominus.com :: Questions You Can Ask A Judicial Candidate - And They Can Answer

In the past, God overlooked mans' ignorance, but now He commands all
people everywhere to repent. For He has set a day when He will judge
the world with justice by the Man, Jesus Christ; the One He has appointed.
He has given proof of this to all men by raising Him from the dead.
                                                                                        -Acts 17:30-31

Judicial candidates will tell you they are unable to divulge their positions on public issues. That is only a smoke screen so they don't have to tell you where they stand and can try to play all sides of the field. The rules of judicial conduct do allow for a judicial candidate to express their views on an issue -- and it is impossible to have no perspective -- what is does not allow is for a candidate to express how they would rule on a specific case that would come before their court. Here are several questions you may ask a judcial candidate without getting him in trouble.

These are from previous Judicial Forum election questionnaires:

  1. Why are you running for office?
  2. What would you like to see accomplished while you are in office?
  3. Which groups or prominent figures have endorsed you?
  4. What is the most significant case that you have worked on as an advocate or judge? (Please don't say every case is equally important).
  5. Which Washington State court decision do you think has most impacted society? How and Why?
  6. Which federal court decision do you think has most impacted society? How and Why?
  7. If you could write a biography on any Justice of the United States Supreme Court (past or present) who would it be? Why?
  8. Of the current United States Supreme Court justices, which member do you admire most? How would you introduce that person to a colleague?
  9. How much freedom do you think a judicial candidate should have to express his views?
  10. Do you think judges should be elected by the people, or appointed by a commission?
  11. How do you view the separation of powers?
  12. In your view, what is the threshold for determining constitutionality of a legislative act? or a challenge to it?
  13. Can a valid treaty override existing State law? What is a valid treaty?
  14. What is the relationship of the Declaration of Independence to our federal Constitution?
  15. What does it mean that we are a nation of law, not of men?
  16. What is the rule of law? And what is the foundation?
  17. What else do you want to tell us about yourself?

ISA 24:5 [NIV] :: The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenants.

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